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Unmasking Ignorance Reveals the Exercise of Political Power 0
- Analysis
- November 18, 2020
It’s not the kind of statement that comforts the faithful. Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, told a press conference last month that we are “steering in uncertain waters. No one knows exactly what is going …
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What Will President Joe Biden Mean for Iran?0
- Analysis
- November 12, 2020
Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump was hostile towards the Iranian regime. He withdrew the United States from the Iranian nuclear agreement and he embarked on a policy of “Maximum Pressure Campaign,” the most stringent sanctions regime ever imposed on a …
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How Should Democracies Fight Terrorism?0
- Analysis
- October 28, 2020
One of the most important jobs that states have is to protect their citizens, from threats of all kinds, including terrorist threats. States protect citizens from terrorism by adopting policies to prevent it and punish it. In my book, How …
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CIPS Special: Novels We Recommend 0
- Analysis, CIPS
- October 27, 2020
For reading week this year we asked CIPS‘ distinguished members to recommend a novel to their students (and to all students of good writing).

Rita Abrahamsen: Director of CIPS and Professor of Public and International Affairs

For over twenty …
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Lest We Forget: How the 1930 Musha Incident Reveals the Hidden Nature of the Canada-Taiwan Relationship 0
- Analysis
- October 26, 2020
October 27 marks the 90^th anniversary of the “Musha Incident” – a Taiwanese historical trauma unknown to most Canadians. Yet, Musha says much to Canada-Taiwan relations. A defining characteristic of Taiwan is that, despite Chinese settlement since the 17…
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The UN at 75: Between Despair and Hope 0
- Analysis
- October 24, 2020
As the world celebrates the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, it is time to address difficult questions about the future of the organization that emerged from the ashes of the Second World War. Can the UN …
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To Understand China’s Aggressive Foreign Policy, Look at Its Domestic Politics 0
- Analysis
- October 21, 2020
In the past six months, Chinese foreign policy appears to have taken a dramatic and aggressive turn. China has lashed out at Australia for questioning its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, bolstered its claims in the South China Sea, stepped …
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The Changing Scope of the Five Eyes: Implications for Canada 0
- Analysis
- October 21, 2020
The intelligence alliance, now known as the Five Eyes, was born in the early days of the Cold War and was the product of a perceived existential threat posed by the Soviet Union. There was a desperate need for intelligence, …
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Five Eyes Minus One: Thinking the Unthinkable 0
- Analysis
- October 19, 2020
The US National Security Agency (NSA) is by far the largest and best-resourced of the Five Eyes SIGINT partners. The four other members of the partnership, the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE), the Australian Signals …
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Should the Five Eyes Alliance be Expanded?0
- Analysis
- October 19, 2020
The Five Eyes alliance has served the current partners well by giving them an expanded intelligence base. This benefit is enhanced by the opportunity for professional discussions amongst intelligence partner agencies.

All five nations maintain bilateral intelligence relationships with other …
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Huawei or Our Way?: Fissures in the Five Eyes Alliance in the Face of a Rising China 0
- Analysis
- October 16, 2020
After some wrangling, the Five Eyes member states have arrived at a common position on the use of Huawei technology in critical infrastructure. But the Huawei snafu is likely just the first of many challenges to alliance solidarity as an …
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Selling War and Peace: Syria and the Anglosphere 0
- Analysis
- October 15, 2020
I have been researching and writing about the Anglosphere for fifteen years. I just didn’t realize it for the first eight…

My first book, Selling the War on Terror: Foreign Policy Discourses After 9/11, grew out of my Ph.D. …
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